Enthusiasts head to museums, history lectures—and even into the wild—to live like Leonardo DiCaprio’s tormented movie character

By

Brannen Carter, a 45-year-old firefighter in Boise, Idaho, thought he had left his mountain-man days behind him. Then he saw “The Revenant.”
It
didn’t take long for Mr. Carter to head to his parents’ home to pick up
a bunch of 19th-century clothing and dust off his 8-pound rifle.
“No
modern underwear, no modern socks or anything like that,” said Mr.
Carter, ticking off some of the do’s and don’ts of his rediscovered
passion—heading into the wilds of the Northwest to live like fur trapper
Hugh Glass, the character played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the frontier drama.
Nearly
200 years after his death, the story of Mr. Glass, boosted by an
Oscar-winning portrayal by Mr. DiCaprio, has given an unexpected jolt to
antebellum-history buffs, mountain-man communities and other groups
whose very purpose involves retreating from modern life.

No comments:

Post a Comment

About MoGN

Mobile Generated News® (MoGN) is a Crowd-sourcing Platform that enables you to connect with your Local Community, on-air and online. This cost-effective, turn-key, multimedia tool enables your audience to seamlessly share the News and events that are important to them. Expand your brand, boost your content inventory, and drive traffic to your websites with MoGN!